Droid X 2.2.1
So, I experience the "I can't hear" bug pretty frequently. It happens when I travel out of my typical calling area (like from Southern California to Northern California). When this happens, I have to dial *228 then 2 (activation). This solves the problem for me.
When I'm at home in SoCal and it happens, the *228 thingy doesn't fix it. I often have to start with the activation process, but then I also have to pull the battery. Generally speaking, I throw in a few good curse words for good measure and when the phone comes back up, it works and I feel better. When the problem surfaces, I have confirmed that I can't hear and that the other caller can sometimes hear me, because I've answered the phone and yelled, "I can't hear you. Let me call you back" and then confirmed they heard what I said after I went through the process of resetting the phone. I don't know that is fact, just that I am believing the caller and hopefully they aren't just being nice as sometimes people are.
I don't think one of the previous poster's assertions is correct. He/she mentioned that the Droid X thinks a earphone jack is plugged in. When this problem occurs, my phone doesn't work when the speaker is selected, which means that the issue is not jack related.
Further to the overall issue, I have had rare situations in which I had to perform multiple battery pulls and activations to get the phone to work. I did a lot of cursing in between, though I'm pretty sure it didn't matter at all... At those times, I believe the problem was somehow compounded and possibly a phone problem that was linked with a quality of service issue, mimicking a series of phone problems that really shouldn't have been so bad.
All in all, there are some definite bugs and of course some short-comings in the Droid X, not to mention a few challenges with phone service here and there. Though this particular issue is a sizable one that needs to be fixed, I can think of a few others that would be nice to be fixed too (in the 2.2.1 release):
1) Texting someone through the contact list inadvertently brings you to the most recent text conversation, which is sometimes with another person. This can lead to embarrassing mix-ups and unintended multithreaded conversations
2) Phone call history gets mixed up when clicking the last caller. I've tried to call someone back only to redial the wrong person repeatedly. I'm sure the receiver of my repeated calls knows I'm not an idiot but I think they are beginning to wonder.
3) The screen doesn't work the same way when phone is laying down as it does when standing up. When I try to do things like unlock the phone, it only works as a half stroke until I pick it up.
4) If the screen is rubbed a certain way, the screen becomes insensitive to touch and the battery needs to be pulled to re-activate the touch screen. Strange to say the least.
And of course, the usual requests for simple business enhancements that should have came with the phone as I migrated away from my now defunct BB 8820:
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Better linguistics recognition in Swype in lieu of a real keyboard (Really? There is a word called Samdiego that is more commonly used than San Diego. I must be ill-informed)
The ability to attach a vcard in an email instead of creating a new message just to send one.
Hey, I'm a simple guy. I just want the phone to work for my work purposes and I'm sure we can all appreciate that...
Stretch92057
